Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Woo Hoo

It seems to me that most politicians are a wee bit humor impaired. Whenever caught on camera telling tales for whatever reason, the "joke" usually gets a polite laugh at best. Of course, some are wildly funny.

Craig, of the politicians you have me, who are the most naturally funny.

"trees took a serious hit"
It is supposed to be down around 27 tonight so the fruit trees in this area will probably take a hit. I haven't been out to see any orchards but my flowering cherry plums and pears have all been blooming for a week.
So the fruit trees are probably right at their most vulnerable.
So no local grown peaches:-(

Jack

cbob

The link you posted of the sand artist is great.

http://www.sandfantasy.com/videoclips.htm

Jack

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20592.html

"Krugman: the left's new anti-Obama"

"rugman personifies a conundrum for Obama: He has to cope with complaints from the political left, as well as the more predictable opposition of the right."

Tony,,,,hello,,in between sets,,,,but had to say he,,,been busy,,,and well, I hope.

"Earth Hour" photo set (lights on/ lights off)

http://tinyurl.com/dbfq58

LB,
Is that tonite at 8:30?

"The resolution urges states to provide "protection against acts of hatred, discrimination, intimidation and coercion resulting from defamation of religions and incitement to religious hatred in general."

above is from the link re un vote that cbob posted earlier.
wonder if that "protection against acts of hatred and discrimination" includes protecting women from deprivation of education, stonings and mutilations based on religious tenets re sex? and does it include protecting ordinary folks going about their business in the market place, mosque or hotel restaurants from being blown to bits by suicide bombers on sacred missions recruited, sposored and sanctified by their religious leaders?

the mighty sword cuts both ways

rez, aussies have already started

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7969515.stm

monument (mural) to Strother Martin:

http://www.lamurals.org/MuralFiles/Hollywood/StrotherMartin.html

I'm going to turn my lights off at 8:30......I certainly hope the earth appreciates my efforts.......

(lights out.....does that include the TV?)

"Craig, of the politicians you have me, who are the most naturally funny. -- Posted by: jamie44.myopenid.com"

this dates me but i don't care -- the answer to your question, for me, is Hubert Humphrey. I got to know him while a senate page, he kept us in stitches -- rapid fire one-liners, the robin williams of politics. Even after he got cancer and was dying, the man could be hilarious

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/from-suicide-to-sexy-puns-its.html#comment-214805

Can't play the guitar for an hour, dude?

No, Sturg, doesn't include the TV.

No light shining from South Carolina TVs until Sunday morning.

Sturg, there was a fun read from this morning's Times on puns:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/opinion/28Tartakovsky.html?scp=1&sq=puns&st=cse

My mother was a wonderful punster--just one of the many reasons I miss her.

Had sad news from Korea. Our granddaughter who joyfully reported her pregnancy last month has miscarried.

Can't play the guitar for an hour, dude?

Posted by: lord-bloggington.myopenid.com

i never play with that fool thing unless there's money in it........

Mother Jones "The People Vs. Dick Cheney"

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/01/people-vs-dick-cheney

Spanish Court weighs Bush era torture

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/world/europe/29spain.html?_r=2&hp

flate.....sorry about the miscarriage....but thanks for the punny article......love them puns......

Posted by: sturgeone Author Profile Page | March 28, 2009 2:46 PM

Snob. Use a wallet.

Flatus,

My condolences. You were all so looking forward to the newest event.

Your tax dollars at work:

Pole Dancing Bear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTDelq0zTAc&feature=related

BREAKING NEWS

Man addicted to brake fluid! Claims he can stop any time.

Film at 11

TM is going to be the beltway's foremost source for humor soon. Eat your heart out, Stewart!

Good Solar back now,,,bad Solar gone. Carol,,,hope U can smile thru some of the pain,,,here

A Georgia State trooper pulled over a pickup on I- 75. The trooper asked, 'Got any I. D. ?'
The driver replied, 'Bout whut?'

Flatus,,,,,So sorry! about your misfortune.

Thank you Sturg, Jamie, Solar.

You would think having several generations between us and the baby would temper our sense of loss; it doesn't.

Tomorrow's another day.

9:31 pm when the lights go on again all over the world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzlFaY0s_QI

there's nothing worse than being in a bad situation
and not be able to or not know what to do about it'
it adds a sense of hopelessness and frustration'
for instance after 9/11 we were only told to go out
and spend and shop'' that worked out well didn't it ?
now we are told we are in the the worst crisis in a
generation '' but nothing we do can as individuals or as
a nation 'Big Brother government will cure everything'
part of the problem being our dependence on foreign
oil and importing cheap plastic stuff from china'
how much better off would our economy be if we had
some of that 700 billion circulating in our economy ?
the american people are very patriotic and innovative
but we don't have any leadership ' again nothing is
being ask of us ' the only ones that have been ask to sacrifice anything is the AIG executives'
the president could ask people to at least buy american when they can' 'how about a nationwide
grassroots effort to save energy''
Give us something to do mr pres'

"....hubris syndrome is an occupational hazard for those in power......
Symptoms
• A narcissistic propensity to see one's world primarily as an arena in which to exercise power and seek glory
• A disproportionate concern with image and presentation
• A messianic manner
• Excessive confidence in own judgment and contempt for advice
• Exaggerated self-belief, bordering on omnipotence
• A belief that one is accountable solely to history or god
• Loss of contact with reality; often associated with progressive isolation
• Restlessness, recklessness and impulsiveness

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/28/politicians-hubris-medical-condition

Snob?? I'm crushed, now whatever shall I do? lol

"the only ones that have been ask to sacrifice anything is the AIG executives"

mqw, quite a few thousand uaw folks would disagree with you

What doc do you see if you're omnipotent?

if you're omnipotent you see them all........

isn't about time we do away with the penny ?
most of the time if i have 3 or 4 cents change coming
i'll tell the cashier that's ok'
how many billions would it save the treasury dept'
not to mention increase productivity' it would be a lot easier to round off to the nearest nickel anyway

also from the guardian article linked above:

"Some leaders who seemed hubristic had other disorders, Owen says. US presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson had bipolar disorder, John F Kennedy was on drugs for Addison's disease and Richard Nixon abused alcohol. In Britain, Winston Churchill had depression, Herbert Asquith drank and Anthony Eden took amphetamines."

flatus, sturge,
which would you rather be: omniscient or omnipotent?

I'd just settle for scient and potent.

I'd rather be omnipotent than impotent!

Sent this one to my bank...

Dear Sirs,
In view of current developments in the banking market, if one of my checks is returned marked insufficient funds does that refer to me or to you?
Regards,
Your Worried Customer Solarcrete

Solar, you could alsao ask them this: How could I be out of money? I still have checks!

Corey,,,,Thanks,,,thats a right smart question to ask ~)

Robert Benchley once while carousing at a drinkery endorsed a check with: "Dear Bank. Having a wonderful time, wish you were here. Love to all, Bob."

earth day'''' turn the lights off for one hour ?
do we really need every block in every neighborhood
lite up like a football stadium every night of the year ?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/from-suicide-to-sexy-puns-its.html#comment-214830

mqw,

You might consider a Common Cents project for your area.

http://www.pennies.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=2

mqw

Here, our street lights are few and far between But we pay as if there was a 1,000-watter in front of each house.

will republicans honor earth day or is it just democrats.....

oh that's right.....republicans go more for Uranus Day........

Sturge, the lights have been out for Republicans for awhile now.

corey...JCIM is closing ten US plants...no word on which ones...heard anything?

corey...here's the WSJ link about JCI:

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090327-709812.html

My son Tommy asked me the other day,,,, Is it true Dad? I heard that in ancient China a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her. I told him that,, That happens everywhere, son, EVERYWHERE

i knew my wife long before I married her.....took us 17 years to decide to get married.....our daughter was my best man.........lol

Ree-
The day that over 200 people burned to death in Australia, it was 117 in Melbourne. That was a month before 5,600 square miles of the Wilkins Ice Shelf collapsed. That was in the last 60 days. Al Gore didn't have a thing to do with either of these events, but he's been warning about them for some time.

Flatus- so sorry to hear of your bad news. A loss is a loss, no matter the distance in age . I'll be thinking of you all.

Sturg,,I knew Judy about the same time 17 years or so,,,she was too young for me,,,when I was 18,,but just right at 34,,,and Tommy was a co-best man,,,now he is 34,,and I wish that he would get married,,soon,,,I want a cpl of grand kids now!!!

My son Tommy,,is one of those type of people that loves to start trouble and not stick around for it,,,,On his way out of the house,,,he asked me,(knowing full well that I would say something without thinking) in front of Judy,

,,Hey dad, how much does it take to get married,,,,and without thinking,,,I said,,,I don't know son,,,Im still paying for it,,,haahha,,,until I saw Judy going for the frying pan,,I heard him laughing,,while getting into his car,,smart ass!

Strug -
Thanks for that mural of Strother. I was glad to hear that the Friday Night Mustang Sally Ceremonies when off with out a hitch.

Found out that Jo Don Davidson is dieing in Denver. My first excuse to hold a woman close to me was to the licks out of Jo Don's big fat Red Gibson . He mastered "The Last Time" in about 20 minutes.

For Jo Don -
Blodwyn Pig - Dear Jill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQybZDJiK7Q

Dan Penn: memphis soul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyA5QOzZUGs&feature=related

Lubbock musician Joe Don Davidson battling cancer in Denver
Friday, March 27, 2009, 11:05 PM

http://blogs.lubbockonline.com/centerstage/index.php

I'm not the only tear in Sand Storm City tonight.

no hitches, a real non-glitcher.....Sally jumped in that 'Stang and she drove it off far.......she rode, Sally rode. Met a guy from london in there last night.....I asked him what part of london and he said "Daganum" I asked him if one could hear Bow Bells from there and he started jumping up and down: "YES YES" he was excited some music goober in a joint would know that...........Hell, I heard that a long time ago.....

"Joe Don is just 58. His birthday is May 4."

really good friend of mine expired from the liver C at 58 couple years back.....stone bummer time............

it's dagenham.....google is good, took me right to it

that old dog Shep, and his limelites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzFAsYJyR60

Oh my I just discovered a musician I didn't know existed. Speaking of Australia ... You Tube has several cuts. A pure and beautiful voice
Geoffrey Yunupingu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgRCBN9nyzI

new video from Goodmorgnn.......2009 post mortem.....fond look back at "Deadwood" with photos of those involved and of Deadwood............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip56Y59i5gs

Sturgeon, have you gotten into Ian McShane's new series "Kings"

http://www.nbc.com/Kings/

I couldn't watch Deadwood. I know there was a story somewhere in between all the MFers, but darned if I could find it.

havent caught "Kings".......(I'm waiting on "To Play the King" to come back).....I'll look into it and see what it be.......

flatus, sturge,
which would you rather be: omniscient or omnipotent?

Posted by: patd Author Profile Page | March 28, 2009 4:09 PM

right now I'm trying to wrap my mind around "Omnipotent Flatus"

I know they closed a JCI plant near Chicago. They sent my plant some machines from there.

Sturg,,,here is a pretty good guitar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFvqmIi9Ymc&feature=related#

war in iraq'' war in afghanistan'' war on terrorism
war on drugs'' frontline mexican border
just darn too many wars
how about withdraw the troops from iraq and station
them on the mexican border

So Newt Gingrich spent his day at Toys R Us. No surprise. He finally found the group perfectly attuned to his way of thinking.

solar......no flies on old Jose............

another favorite jose:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm8Q-dhmMWU&feature=related

the Great One and Frankie Avalon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxzCS1vlhTI&feature=related

Powering down...

Well in 30 min I think I'll go out to the shop flip on some lights and run a little power equipment.

use my electric dryer

kick the thermostat up a couple a degrees

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/from-suicide-to-sexy-puns-its.html#comment-214798

Good Evening all
Hello Solar
Thanks for the shout out earlier.Everything with me is good and busy..I hope you and the family are well.I spent the day working in the yard and I just finished painting one of the guest rooms.Been enjoying your and Jamie's back and forth on Israel and also your humorous posts.I hope this spring business starts turning around for you. I'm seeing a little turn around here in the housing market,Adams homes is building a new house across the street from me and another one in the neighborhood .Now if some of the foreclosures would just sell...

At this very moment, if you switch to TCM you can hear this quote :
"You are all condemned men ..... We keep you alive to serve this ship .... so row well, and live."

" 41 , you keep an exact count ? "

A great article by a former IMF economist.
He is comparing the US problem to situation he has seen with emerging markets. Good read

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/imf-advice

Jack

Tony

I think the banks are hanging on to those forclosed houses. Just from looking at the one next door and keeping an eye on the countrywide REO web sites. They haven't been adding any new houses to the site that I can tell. So they have either quit forclosing or they are keeping them off the market.

Jack

I walked into the Wally World for fish food last week. And as you might guess , I wandered around the plants. I saw a Black Mission Fig, and thought , " I need to plant a fig tree in the garden downtown. So I bought it a couple of days ago. Tomorrow, I'm finishing seeding it , and I'm going to plant "Joe Don the Fig " in the garden next to the Cactus Theater, Joe Don was in the house band at the Cactus Theater.

What a hoot, I was in the greenhouse tonight when I thought of it.
My mother died of the same illness. She lived on vanilla ice cream the last 6 weeks.

,

Jack,,,one for you,,,cool song.,it is impossible to be in a bad mood,,listening to this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiBJMw9OONw&NR=1#

"If it was cool to be a fool, I'd be the hippest guy around." - Joe Nichols

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq84O9UxvWY

Tony,,,I saw Chloe in this one,,,you have to see it all,,just to make sure,,tell me if its her,,she is the one with the hat again,,,ok?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MUHCQDgfVA&feature=related#

I also watched a handful of willing West Texans today, ..... pony-up $300 bucks for seed and seedlings. My little greenhouse is going to be taking up a lot of CO2 the next 3 months. I planted 126 pepper plants tonight.

I'm calling this garden group, "Share Croppin' with Shere".
We got 2 acres, and we're planting everything we can think of. These people really have the bit in their teeth. I'm just waxin' the saddle. Whatever we can't eat, can, or freeze, I'm selling down town.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/03/from-suicide-to-sexy-puns-its.html#comment-214893

Cbob
Sounds like fun
Here's your "attaboy" I believe you earned it.

So what kind of chilis are you turning into salsa.

Jack

What a bunch of pansified power-gluttons.

One of those cool ping pong balls from the net bounced in the email yesterday.

" Hi Bob,
I'm wondering if you can help me with a couple of questions about blue corn for a book I am working on. I am working on a thriller that involves GMO corn, and part of the one subplot has to do with pollen drift from a GMO field onto an heirloom patch where a small organic grower is growing some heirloom blue corn. Here's my question: are you aware of any varieties of heirloom blue corn that are especially rare and expensive, such that if it got contaminated it would be a terrible thing?
Thanks for your help.
Jon "

Jon works for the Wearvers Way Co-op in Philly ;

p.s. My day job is communications director at Weavers Way Co-op in Philly. We're doing a lot of cool things with urban ag, so I can definitely appreciate your project. We don't have enough land yet to take on corn, I don't think, but I will forward your blog to our farmer, Dave Zelov.

http://www.weaversway.coop/

Things are bad, people.

http://www.freep.com/article/20090328/BUSINESS06/90328025/Fights+break+out+as+auto+dealership+closes

Jack -
We're gonna have the biggest pepper patch between Santa Fe and San Antone.
The ones tonight were all yellow,
Sweet Banana
Canary Sweet Bell
And this big ass one from Italy. I can't even read the package.

Rod the pepper guy is bringing me a bunch of hot stuff. I'm trying to have 30 of everything we can seed. It'll fill my greenhouse up, I'll have to move everything in it now, out before it's all seeded.

Red bell peppers are valuable. Low yield per plant.

Cbob

Cool,
from the web site it looks like a real going concern and they have passed beyond the feel good success stories to really doing things.

Jack

Cory -
5 bucks says that dealership's checking account is tapped out, and those guys look like commissioned salesmen to me.

Jack -
Really, Philly has a great tradition of this stuff. Back to Franklin. I think it's still pretty strong there. Lot's of lessons their for our market. It was great good luck.

Lord -
Rodger, on those red bells.

Flatus,

I am sorry to read of your loss, and hope everyone will be well.

Flatus forgive me, in my own bad news, I over looked saying I'm sorry for your bad news.
Bad news is hanging in the trees like Spanish Moss.

Peppers and their cousins, tomatoes, eggplants, tobacco, and nightshade, are odd critters.

I have 2 pals who loves peppers sweet or sour, mild, pungent or habanero. They like 'em all except for the green bells that make them ill.

I have another pal who loves tomato juice and sauce, tomato paste, and stewed tomatoes. But the raw tomato makes him sickerna dog.

I was a fanatic lover of peppers, the hotter the better. I ate jalapenos, chilies, serranos, and hot cherries (pickled, fried, or raw) like candy for 50 years. In the last 2-3 years I can only eat them for breakfast or lunch. If I have them in the afternoon or evening, they murder my sleep as effectively as Macbeth ever did.

I know a crowd of perfectly normal and delightful people who just won't eat eggplant. Eggplant is almost the favorite veg of Sweetie's for cooking. So, when we have these folks over, we have to make something boring, like cauliflower or green beans. Sweetie really shines when she grills eggplants (sigh).

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Where's Chloe?
Ha Ha,Solar your funny.... :0)

Oh yeah, I forgot. Last summer, I found and ate some nightshade that made me a little queasy. I've eaten the ripe berries for 40 years using them to brighten green salads, or just for munching by the handful. I never tasted bitter nightshade before, or nightshade that made me queasy.

Does anyone on the Trail have any nightshade lore ?

I had to google "nightshade" to even know to what you were referring, xrep, and upon seeing an image of it, I recognized the berries as ones I was warned never to eat when I was a kid. I never did.

That's the best I can do on nightshade lore.

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